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System, Method, and Computer Program for Capturing a Flash Image Based on Ambient and Flash Metering

US 10,477,087 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2021 (Zilka Kotab, P.C.).

Term ends Jan 19, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Duelight LLC
Filed Nov 16, 2017 as application 15/815,463 · Granted Nov 12, 2019
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2038
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2017
Term ends
Jan 19, 2038
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
64
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
89
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 64 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 16, 2017, when this application, 15/815,463, was filedNov 16, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 19, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 19, 2038High confidence

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8 of 89 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 4, 2018
Reel 45723, frame 715
Rivard, William Guie; Kindle, Brian J.; Feder, Adam BarryDuelight LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 30, 2021
Reel 57043, frame 301
Duelight, LLCZilka Kotab, P.c.Security Interest

Sources

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